Pro-life activist who had home raided by FBI says his kids still have nightmares about that day

Pro-life activist Mark Houck, who was prosecuted by the Biden administration's Justice Department, says that his kids still have nightmares about the day the FBI raided his home.

"We all have PTSD," Houck said on the Tuesday edition of the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. "My kids have nightmares. My youngest came to me two nights ago and said, 'Dad, I had a nightmare that we all were killed.' Where does the five year old get these ideas?"

Two years ago, Houck got into a altercation with a Planned Parenthood volunteer outside of a Pennsylvania abortion clinic.

Houck was acquitted by a federal jury after being charged with violating the FACE Act, which prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services.” He was facing a possible 11 years in prison. 

Houck had often spoken outside of abortion clinics, sometimes with his 12-year-old son present. He said he had shoved the Planned Parenthood volunteer for invading his son’s personal space. It was nearly a year later that Houck was arrested by the FBI at his home, in front of his family.

"I had the full force of the government at my door at 6:45 in the morning on September 23 with long guns and ballistic shields and helmets and battering rams ready to go and accost me and take me down to the federal building," Houck said. "And that began the journey towards the trial, which was January 24 this year and ended in a full acquittal unanimous decision on January 30."

Houck is suing the Department of Justice for a "faulty investigation and excessive force."